As an atheist, I still mine my Catholic background for inspiration. Really, problems with organized religion aside, Roman Catholicism is an absolute treasure trove o' stuff to inspire anyone with a thing for all things gothic. The rituals, the traditions, all the Latin prayers and hymns, all the patron saints (and especially how they were martyred)? Yes, please. Hell, I'm jonesing to write a gothic novella about cephalophores. Because why not?

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